Vaporizer or carbureter.



A. J. STIGKLER.

VAPO RIZER 0R GARBUEETER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1909. I 976,409,Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

2 SEEETS SHEET A. J. STIGKLEIL VAPORIZER 0R GARBURETER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYfi, 1909.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

2 SHEBTSSHBET 2.

WI inemen THE mmms PETERS co, WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNITE STATES ANDREW J. STICKLER,

onrion.

0F WINFIELD, IOWA.

VAPORIZER OR CARBURETER.

Patented Nov. 1 22, 1910.

Serial No. 494,324.

Tooll whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW J. STIoKLnR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Winfield, in the county of Henry and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vaporizers orCarbureters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in carbureters or Vaporizers forgasolene engines, and the object is toprovide a valve which wouldautomatically open and close the supply of gasolene to the engine.

A further object is in the provision of means for admitting air to thegasolene outlet for forming a spray and causing the gasolene to beforced into the engine.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts which will be hereinafter fully described andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure l is a view in side elevation of theinvention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the hood removed; Fig. 8 is alongitudinal sectional view; Fig. 4 is a view of the cone connected tothe valve; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the inner cone which slidesupon the tubular member, and Fig. 6 is a detail.

A represents the valve casing which is connected to any suitable sourceof supply, not shown, whereby gasolene will be ad mitted to the valvecasing by gravity, and 1 is the turning plug. The head of the turningplug is preferably made hollow, and mounted therein is a stem 2 whichhas a loose sliding connection with the hollow head. A tube 3 isconnected to the valve casing, and received within the tube is the stem2. The tube is preferably constricted at its upper end, the bore of thetube tapering from the bottom toward the top, forming a constrictedopening at the top of the tube. It is through this tube that thegasolene is discharged from the valve casing to the engine, and thesupply of gasolene admitted to the stem is controlled by the turningplug. The valve casing is opened by the turning plug when it is desiredto start the engine, and remains open until after the engine is stopped.The outer end of the stem '2 is screw-threaded, and mounted on the stemis a valve 4:, which has screwthreaded engagement therewith. The valve 4is intended .to close the opening at the upper end of the tube 3, and bythe movement of the valve upon the stem for lengthening or shorteningthe vertical movement of the stem 2, the size of the discharge openingis governed. A cone 5 is connected to the valve f by straps 6, whichstraps are removably connected :to the valve. The cone is preferablyweighted or made of such material or thickness to make the coneconsiderably heavier than the valve, so that the valve can beautomatically seated on the end .of the tube 3 to prevent the dischargeof gasolene. The valve is held against movement on the stem by a nut 7and by loosening the nut, the valve can be adjusted on the stem foradmitting any quantity .of gasolene to the engine. As the valve isscrewed downwardly upon the stem, the flow of gasolene will berestricted, as the vertical movement of the stem will be shortened; andupon the suction stroke of the engine, when the valve l is raised, onlya small outlet will be formed between the valve 4 and the top of thetube 3, but when the valve isscrewed upwardly upon the stem, a greaterflow of gasolene is admitted to the engine, due to the fact that alarger opening is formed between the valve and the top of the tube whenthe valve is raised by the suction of the engine.

A stationary disk 8 is connected at the lower end of the tube, which isprovided with perforations for admitting the air, and a movable disk 9is mounted below the stationary disk and upon the valve casing, whichdisk is also provided with perforations for regulating the amount of airpass ing through the stationary disk and to the cone 5.

A slidable cone 10 is mounted upon the tube 3 and the lower end of thecone is provided with a bottom 11, in which are openings or perforationsthrough which the air passing through the disks is admitted to bedischarged at the top of the cone toward the end of the tube for formingthe spray. A bar 12 is connected to the cone, and is provided withperforations in which is adapted to bereceived a pin 13 on the valvecasing A for regulating the adjustment of the cone upon-the stem for thedesired form of spray. When the cone is at the top of the tube a morecondensed or constricted spray is formed, but by drawing the cone down-,wardly upon the tube a greater or wider spray is produced as the air isdischarged from the cone below the end of the tube or below thedischarge of the gasolene.

The lower end of the valve 4: is rounded and beveled for spreading theflow of gasolene to permit of the flow of air to come into contact withthe gasolene to form the spray. A hood 14 is adapted to be connected tothe engine (not shown) and received within the hood are all of the partswith the exception of the valve casing A.

The air which passes through the slidable cone 10 produces a spray atthe end of the tube 3, and the air coming through the cone 5 will tendto force the gasolene spray on into the engine, as well as the air whichpasses through the hood 14. The valve 4 is operated by the suction ofthe engine for ad mitting the gasolene to be discharged from the tube 3into the engine. Upon the suction of the engine the valve is raised andthe gasolene discharged from the tube and the adjustment of the slidablecone 10 will pro-l duce a spray according to the manner of adjustment ofthe cone, 1t depending upon the location of the cone upon the tube, asto the quantity of air directed toward the outcoming gasolene, andwhether the 'air is discharged upwardly along the tube to be met by theoutcoming fuel, or to be discharged directly into the outcoming fuel atthe top of the tube. Of course, a difierent spray will be produced fromair which is discharged at the top of the tube than will be obtainedwhen the air is discharged along the tube and below the upper endthereof. Upon the completion of the suction stroke of the engine thevalve I will be again seated upon the tube 3 due to the weighted cone 5.Upon starting the engine the valve is first opened by sliding the cone10 upwardly against the valve 4: and raising it whereby the gasolene isdischarged from the tube and into the engine, but after the engine hasonce started the supply will be admitted to the engine upon the suctionstrokes of the engine which will cause the valve to be raised and todraw the gasolene into the engine. The stem 2, of course, is raised uponthe movement of the valve 4 and this is permitted by the looseconnection between the stem and the turning plug of the valve casing andthe adjustment of the valve upon the stem lengthens or shortens themovements of the stem, and accordingly regulates vthe supply of gasoleneto be discharged from the tube.

It is evidentthat more or less slight changes might be made in the formand arrangement of the several parts described without departing fromthe spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to i belimited to the exact construction herein set forth, but:

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a vaporizer or carbureter, the combination with a valve casing, ofa tube connected thereto for supplying fuel, a stem movably mounted inthe tube, a valve mounted upon the stem for closing the tube, means forsupplying air to the vaporizer, a sliding cone mounted on the tube fordirecting the air to the fuel as it is discharged from the tube forforming a spray, a bar connected to the cone, and means engaged by thebar for holding the cone at different positions on the tube.

2. In a vaporizer or carburetor, the combination with a hood, aperforated disk connected to the hood, a movable disk in engagement withthe stationary disk for regulating the discharge of air into the hood,of a tube connected to the stationary disk, a stem movably mounted inthe tube, a valve connected to the stem, a weighted cone connected tothe valve for seating the valve upon the end of the tube, and a slidingcone mounted upon the tube, said cones adapted to direct the air to thefuel as it is discharged from the tube, for forming a spray.

3. In a vaporizer or carburetor, the combination with a valve casing, ofa tube for supplying fuel connected thereto, a valve for closing the endof the tube, a cone connected to the valve, and a cone slidably mountedon the tube, said cones adapted for directing the supply of air to thefuel as it is discharged from the tube upon the operation of the valve.

4:. In a vaporizer or carbureter, the combination with a valve casing,of a tube connected thereto for supplying fuel, a stem slidably mountedin the tube, a valve mounted on the stem for closing the tube, means forsupplying air to the vaporizer a weighted cone connected to the valvefor directing air to the fuel as it is discharged from the tube, and asliding cone mounted on the tube for directing air to the fuel as it isdischarged from the tube for forming a spray.

5. In a vaporizer or carbureter, the combination with a valve casing, ofa tube c011- nected thereto for supplying fuel, a stem mounted in thetube, a valve mounted upon the stem for regulating the discharge of fuelfrom the tube, means for supplying air to the vaporizer a slidable conemounted on the tube for directing the air to the fuel as it isdischarged from the tube, and a weighted cone connected to the valve fordirecting air to the fuel as it is discharged from the tube, said coneadapted to seat the valve after the suction stroke of the engine whichopens the valve.

6. In a vaporizer or carbureter, the combination with a hood, of a tubefor supplying fuel, supported within the hood, a stem slidably mountedin the tube, a valve adjustably mounted upon the stem for reguseat thevalve after the suction stroke of the 10 lating the size of thedischarge opening for engine which opens the valve.

the discharge of fuel from the tube, means In testimony whereof aflix mysignature, for delivering air to the hood a slidable cone 1n thepresence of two Witnesses. 5 mounted on the tube for directing the airto ANDREWV J STICKLER the fuel as it is discharged from the tube,

and a Weighted cone connected to the valve Witnesses:

for directing air to the fuel as it is dis- J. W. ANDERSON, charged fromthe tube, said cone adaoted to C. A. PAISLEY.

